Mid Air Question

[Nat Penton]

Ron, I suppose if it were not for providing a "box" most sites could provide 
two independent flight lines.     Nat
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Van Putte" <vanputte at cox.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:02 PM
Subject: Re: Mid Air Question


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> On Feb 16, 2005, at 1:34 PM, <bdbd at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
>> Here is what I don't get.  Most of these midairs were at competitions. It 
>> would seem to me that the competition coordinator/ manager would set up 
>> the flight lines where there is no interference from multiple planes. It 
>> would seem to me that if the coordinator was held accountable for these 
>> midairs there would be alot fewer incidents. If I am flying a $2000 + 
>> bird I would make dern sure that my plane was in no jepardy of a mid air. 
>> These planes are way to expensive to become combat models. If I wanted to 
>> fly combat I would choose a much cheaper and more durable plane.  Why 
>> don't we spend more time trying to make the events safer and less money 
>> and time building combat planes.
>
> First, midairs at contests are not common.  While I agree that any midair 
> is costly, there are other costs to consider.  Most fields are not 
> conducive to having two flightlines set up such there there would be no 
> interference between airplanes.  If a contest is held with only one 
> flightline, either the number of entries would have to be limited or the 
> number of rounds would have to be limited.  For example, if contest 
> management was able to have eight hours of competition flying on Saturday 
> and five on Sunday, based on an average of 10 minutes per flight, there 
> would be 78 flights possible over the two days.  If you have six rounds, 
> there could be no more than 13 contestants.  If you had 26 contestants, 
> there could be no more than three rounds.
>
> Clubs need to at least break even to convince club members to support 
> hosting a contest.  More contestants are better for the club.  Contestants 
> want to fly as many rounds as possible, since they spend the same amount 
> of money to travel to the contest and pay for entry fees, motel charges 
> and meals, no matter the number of rounds.
>
> So, there are shared risks in flying contests with two flightlines, but 
> both the host club and contestants benefit in the long run.
>
> Ron Van Putte
>
>>> From: Bob Richards <bob at toprudder.com>
>>> Date: 2005/02/16 Wed AM 08:36:54 EST
>>> To: discussion at nsrca.org
>>> Subject: Re: Mid Air Question
>>>
>>> I'm not sure about the sound AFTER the midair, but I imagine the sound 
>>> BEFORE the midair is something like: "Hay, y'all, watch this!". :-)
>>>
>>> Bob R.
>>>
>>>
>>> rcaerobob at cox.net wrote:
>>> What sound most frequently is heard following the D6 mid-airs??
>>>
>>> Bob Pastorello, El Reno, OK, USA
>>> rcaerobob at cox.net
>>> www.rcaerobats.net
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